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Turney Duff

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Turney Duff
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materOhio University
Occupation(s)Businessman
author
Years active1994–present
Employers
Known forThe Buy Side
Notable workThe Buy Side
Websiteturneyduff.com

Turney Duff (born 1969) is an American businessman, author, and former trader.[1] He is known for his book, The Buy Side.[2]

Biography

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Duff was born in Cleveland, Ohio and then moved to Kennebunk, Maine.[3] He received his early education from the Kennebunk High School.[4] He attended Ohio University, where he graduated in 1993 with a degree in journalism.[3]

Duff began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994, where he started off as a sales assistant in the Private Wealth group.[5][6]

In 1999, he joined the Galleon Group where he worked as a health care trader for two years.[7]

In 2001, he co-founded a billion-dollar hedge fund called Argus Partners.[7]

From 2007 to 2009, he worked for J.L. Berkowitz which he left in 2009 to pursue a writing career.[7]

In 2013, he published a memoir, The Buy Side.[8][9] The memoir became a bestseller and was included in The New York Times bestseller list.[10] The memoir has been reviewed by multiple publications, including Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.[11][12][13]

In 2014, Duff was featured on PBS's Frontline: To Catch a Trader.[14]

He is a regular commentator on CNBC's prime time show The Filthy Rich Guide, and was a consultant for Showtime's series Billions.[5][15]

Bibliography

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  • Duff, Turney (2013). The Buy Side

References

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  1. ^ "Turney Duff career". Bloomberg.com. June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "How fund managers spend your money". Financial Times. June 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Turney Duff Helps Billions Keep Its Wall Street Cred". Cleveland Magazine.
  4. ^ Wigglesworth, Shelley (March 7, 2013). "Turney Duff: From Kennebunk to Wall Street". York County Coast Star.
  5. ^ a b "Turney Duff Helps Billions Keep Its Wall Street Cred".
  6. ^ "Out of Galleon Scandal and Wall St. Excess, a Book". The New York Times. December 5, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c "Fashion & Style". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Book review: The Buy Side by Turney Duff". The Independent. February 16, 2014.
  9. ^ Burrough, Bryan (June 1, 2013). "A Trader's Crash Landing". The New York Times.
  10. ^ "E-Book Nonfiction – Books – June 23, 2013". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "The Buy Side by Turney Duff". Publishers Weekly. June 4, 2013.
  12. ^ "THE BUY SIDE". Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ^ "Book Review: The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess". The Virginian-Pilot.
  14. ^ Lopez, Linette. "Frontline". Business Insider.
  15. ^ "Turney Duff". CNBC. March 31, 2014.